Miami Vice /tags/miami-vice Miami Vice en-US WLRN Fri, 20 May 2022 20:03:00 GMT 'Hotel Scarface': drugs, disco, and debauchery /news/2022-05-20/hotel-scarface-drugs-disco-and-debauchery This month’s Sundial Book Club pick takes us to Miami in the 80s with an iconic hotel at the center of the story of this wild and significant time in the city’s history. Fri, 20 May 2022 20:03:00 GMT /news/2022-05-20/hotel-scarface-drugs-disco-and-debauchery Leslie Ovalle Atkinson Housing and climate, innovations for hurricane season, ‘Hotel Scarface’ /2022-05-17/housing-and-climate-innovations-for-hurricane-season-hotel-scarface Miami-Dade’s Mayor takes on housing and climate challenges. A preview of the upcoming hurricane season. And this month’s Sundial Book Club pick takes us to Miami in the 80s with stories about drugs, disco and debauchery. Tue, 17 May 2022 22:16:00 GMT /2022-05-17/housing-and-climate-innovations-for-hurricane-season-hotel-scarface Caitie Muñoz, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson How TV Dramas Informed And Misinformed Perceptions Of The War On Drugs /culture/2021-06-18/how-tv-dramas-informed-and-misinformed-perceptions-of-the-war-on-drugs From Miami Vice, to The Wire, to Orange Is the New Black, scripted TV shows have had a serious and sometimes unrecognized impact on public attitudes about drugs in America. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:19:33 GMT /culture/2021-06-18/how-tv-dramas-informed-and-misinformed-perceptions-of-the-war-on-drugs Eric Deggans Thirty Years Later, Miami Vice's Impact Still Resonates /culture/2014-10-01/thirty-years-later-miami-vices-impact-still-resonates In the 1980s, Miami was a crime capital. Dade County -- that’s what it was called then -- had the highest murder rate in the country, and nearly three… Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:16:45 GMT /culture/2014-10-01/thirty-years-later-miami-vices-impact-still-resonates Karen Rundlet How Miami Vice Made Miami Nice /television/2014-09-25/how-miami-vice-made-miami-nice It was a magical mix of mood and music. But when it all came together back in 1984, there were legitimate concerns that an edgy, sexy television show… Fri, 26 Sep 2014 01:49:38 GMT /television/2014-09-25/how-miami-vice-made-miami-nice The Return Of TV's Miami Vice As A Digital Comic Book /culture/2013-08-06/the-return-of-tvs-miami-vice-as-a-digital-comic-book The 1980s TV show Miami Vice is being resurrected this October, but this time as a digital comic book.And it doesn’t stop there.Lion Forge Comics is doing… Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:37:53 GMT /culture/2013-08-06/the-return-of-tvs-miami-vice-as-a-digital-comic-book